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  1. CountryChic63

    Sick Bird

    I'm following this thread, as I have a 8 month old New Hampshires hen with a pale droopy cone. Yesterday I let the girls out to forge and sat in a chair checking them out. "Cinnamon" looked like she had lost a little weight, and I noticed her cone being pale & droopy. Since it was 3:30pm her...
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    Egg bound or not?

    I have a 8 y/o Buff Orrington with the exact same symptoms. Oyster shells are available to her 24/7, as is grit & they're on Layers Pellets. Do I still give her the 600mg Calcium Citrate? (Crushed TUMS in yogurt?) How does that extra Ca help the egg being bound? She's also breathing hard as...
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    Hatching Eggs... To incubate? Time sensitive

    I would incubate the eggs otherwise they're a loss. There's no way to know if the hen will accept them later. Some hens do & some don't. I've never tried it with chicks, but I have with rabbits, which they go by smell. With that, when you're ready to add the other chicks, handle hers first...
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    COCCI HELP NEEDED

    I got the advise from a group called Make Chickens Great Again off Telegram. I won't make that mistake twice. Corid will be delivered tmrrw morning. And that's the first thing on my to-do list. Thank you for your advise!
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    Cocci. Treatment, now what?

    Oh, and since they're suppose to start laying in a couple weeks, I took them off the medicated crumbles a month ago & they're on Layer pellets.
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    Cocci. Treatment, now what?

    I was the one making the mud! I feel so stupid. We built these new runs & brooder coop & winter coops. So this is the first flick I raised that were accessible to soil as soon as they were out of the brooder, at 4 weeks. But recently i accidentally spilled a lot of water as I was flipping the...
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    Cocci. Treatment, now what?

    I'm not the person u were talking to but I'm dealing with Coccidia. I've lost a few chicks, all 14 wks old. I was advised to give them milk. The ones living seem to b recovering. I have Corid, powder being delivered tmrrw morning, then I plan to take them off the milk. I also have Poultry...
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    COCCI HELP NEEDED

    I'm experiencing the coccida for the first time. I've lost several chicks (14 wks old) so far. I was advised to give them store bought milk, which I started Sun, and today is Tues. I have 1 cockerel & 8 pullets left. These are all standing & walking to get the milk (the others that have died...
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    Help with fermented feed

    Thanks Debbie!
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    Help with fermented feed

    Hello, I've been trying to follow these posts. Now I'm concerned that I've been previously misled. I'm feeding my 3 month old chicks moist Layers Pellets, once a day, (in addition dry pellets are in feeders that are kept full). I'm doing this for 2 reasons mostly: first I have a Scissor mouth...
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    Messy Eaters Solutions?

    We used something similar & yes, we fed the floor & a lot of money was wasted because they didn't eat it. Answer: wet their food. They go WILD over it but no more waste. I make a big bowl of their crumbles (now layer pellets), give them enough that they'll have enough in the morning. (Or switch...
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    Anyone seen Angel Wing in Meat Birds? Seeing it in New Hampshires and White Rangers, wondering causes/solutions?

    I'm sorry, but what is Angel Wing? Symptoms? I am currently raising 12 New Hampshires, (8wks old) as layers and have 25 Cornish Cross ordered for Sept. Both flocks come from Mt. Healthy hatchery.
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    How Young Can You Feed Oyster Shells?

    My breed of chickens start laying at 16 weeks. So starting oyster shells truly depends on each breed, as 20 weeks would be very late for all my breeds, including most heritage breeds. I typically offer oyster shells a month before the breed is suppose to start laying.
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    When do I help hatching, chick pipped 22 hrs ago

    I'm following this thread, what a wealth of information & experience!
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    ISO German New Hampshire Chicken Hatching Eggs

    Do you know of places in or near Indiana? We prefer to pick them up the Day Olds. I only know of Cackle with a minimum of 25 & Mt Healthy in Cinn Ohio, but they're higher priced. Thanks!
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    2 week old chicks trying to fly out of brooder

    I use the same type of bin, but the taller (deeper) version. I utilize the bins concave patterns on the sides of the plastic bin to slide dowel rods suspended by pressure from the sides, for a perch at one end. Chicks love this. If they're super bored, I have "painted" on tiny dabs of greek...
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    Just had my first Bielefelder egg

    I'm planning to buy a few Bielefelders, and wanted to ask if anyone feeds these large eating machines fermented feed? I read it cuts down feed cost but chickens love it. Does anyone have experience in this idea? I've raised several flocks but never Bielefelders. I've read that this breed...
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    Meat comparison dual purpose breeds

    Hello, I'd like to ask for opinions of Bielefelders vs Jersey Giants. I've read Bielefelders are supposed to be "meaty," but I know Jersey Giants use to be bred for their meat a decade or so ago. We're not interested in Cross Cornish or that type. We're just wanting better meat % then what the...
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    Official BYC Poll: Do You Wear a Mask or Respirator When Cleaning Your Coop?

    I wear a N95 when deep cleaning (changing out winter shavings for summer sand & visa versa). Hubby cleans the poop trays now on, after I was hospitalized 13 days AFTER I recovered from C19, but ended up with double pneumonia, along with a bunch more fatal issues, in 1-2022.
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    Asprin Added to Water in Hot Weather?

    WoW, thanks so much for the quick & informative replies!
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